Question: The stock of Microsoft increases in value by $5 per share. If all other Dow stock prices remain unchanged, how does this affect the DJIA?

A.37.80 points up
B.30.24 points up
C.22.68 points up
D.15.12 points up

Not sure how to setup this problem at all.

1 answer

You need to know how the DJIA is calculated, to figure the effect of any one stock.